The Golf Psychology Podcast

Why Golfers Do Better in Practice Than Tournament Rounds

Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the
"Golfer's Mental
Edge" CD program and Breaking
The Yips Cycle DVD program, teaches amateur to tour
professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using
golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his
career.

Do you have a young golfer that looks like a star in
practice, plays great in practice rounds, but then gets to the golf
course and shoots maybe 15 shots over what he does in the practice
round?

In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf
expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, responds to
a question from Megan about her
approach shots.

Cary wrote in and said:

"I’m looking for help with my
son… He’s a very good golfer but he doesn’t do well in tournaments.
He hits the ball beautifully in practice and he play all the time.
In casual rounds he plays great, but when he plays in the junior
tournaments, he’s shooting in the high 80’s. What can you do to
help him?"

This week, Dr. Cohn talks about:

Why do some golfers perform much
better in their practice rounds than they do in their tournament
rounds?

This is the most common reason why golfers are indicated for
mental coaching…

There is something changing when they go from practice to
tournament rounds.